Noun: flying lemur 'flI-ing'lee-mu(r)
- Arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
"The flying lemur can glide up to 200 feet between trees";
- flying cat, colugo
Derived forms: flying lemurs
Type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
Part of: Cynocephalus, genus Cynocephalus
Encyclopedia: Flying lemur